Gwendolyn+Cliett

Gwendolyn Cliett, age 29, was about to undergo a safe, legal abortion and tubal ligation at Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia on March 5, 1980. She was 8 to 10 weeks pregnant.

Before the procedure could be done, Gwendolen reacted to the [|anesthesia] and died. Gwendolyn, being a Black woman, was at higher risk of abortion death than a white woman would have been.

Source:
 * Pennsylvania Death Certificate # 029586
 * Social Security Death Index

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